VERNAL, Utah (ABC4) — The Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) will be holding two auto tours this fall to see sandhill cranes in the wild.

The viewing events will take place on Saturday, Oct. 11. The first auto tour will take place from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. Viewers are asked to meet at the Jensen Park southeast of Vernal. The second auto tour will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. and will meet at the commuter parking lot at the intersection of Highway 40 and State Route 88.

"Sandhill cranes flock to the Uintah Basin during migration and are very easy to spot in the fields here, and they have already started to arrive," DWR Northeastern Region Outreach Manager Tonya Kieffer-Selby said.

Visitors are asked to drive themselves to the viewing areas. Kieffer-Selby also recommended participants bring lay

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